3 column footer background color - html

Question

I'm looking to change the background color of a footer. I tried making another div around it which worked but no matter what the background-color didn't budge. I must be overlooking something obvious!
This is what I have right now: http://jsfiddle.net/x5yvm50r/
And the code:
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
<ul>
<li>Link 1</li>
<li>Link 1</li>
<li>Link 1</li>
<li>Link 1</li>
</div>
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/N23RQo5.png">
</div>
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
social icons
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
.floatleft {float: left; margin: 0 20px 0 0; width: 400px;}
.clear {clear:both}
If anyone has any idea, I'd really appreciate pointing me in the right direction! This is more or less what I'm hoping for it to look like eventually
Thanks! :)

Answer 1

Simple, you should wrap the content in a seperate block level element (i.e. div or footer). Here is the updated fiddle, using a block level element with id="wrapper": http://jsfiddle.net/df1zjwmb/1/
<footer id="wrapper">
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
<ul>
<li>Link 1
</li>
<li>Link 1
</li>
<li>Link 1
</li>
<li>Link 1
</li>
</div>
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/N23RQo5.png">
</div>
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
social icons
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</footer>
And the CSS:
#wrapper {
background-color: green;
}
Clearing floated elements means that elements below the clear will be reset, but does not turn the floated elements into a block itself. To solve the problem requires adding a wrapper div, which creates a block level element that you can apply a background color to. Or you could use something other than floats, like inline blocks.
Here is more information: Advantages of using display:inline-block vs float:left in CSS

Answer 2

Check this fiddle
HTML
<div class="floatleft footcontainer">
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
<ul>
<li>Link 1
</li>
<li>Link 1
</li>
<li>Link 1
</li>
<li>Link 1
</li>
</div>
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/N23RQo5.png">
</div>
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
social icons</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
CSS
.floatleft {
float: left;
margin: 0 20px 0 0;
width: 400px;
}
.clear {
clear:both
}
.footcontainer {
background-color:lightblue;
float:left;
}
I've added a div which holds the 3 divs and gave it the background color and the float property.

Answer 3

Here you go: http://jsfiddle.net/5s4w19zy/
I wrapped the three floated divs in a container div (footer) and then floated them inside of that.
<footer>
<div>
<h3>Heading</h3>
<ul>
<li>Link 1</li>
<li>Link 1</li>
<li>Link 1</li>
<li>Link 1</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Heading</h3>
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/N23RQo5.png">
</div>
<div>
<h3>Heading</h3>
social icons
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</footer>
footer
{
width: 100%;
height: 150px;
background: #f5f5f5;
overflow: hidden;
}
footer div
{
float: left;
display: block;
margin: 0 0 0 0;
width: 33.333333%;
height: 150px;
}
.clear {clear:both}

Answer 4

HTML5 offers semantic markup tags, and since you need a wrapper for your footer (allowing a parent element to have a the background-color property of your choosing), <footer> tag sounds like the way to go:
<footer id="footer">
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
<ul>
<li>Link 1</li>
<li>Link 1</li>
<li>Link 1</li>
<li>Link 1</li>
</div>
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/N23RQo5.png">
</div>
<div class="floatleft">
<h3>Heading</h3>
social icons
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</footer>
#footer { background-color:#asYouLikeIt; }

Answer 5

I have used flex box:
check this : http://jsfiddle.net/x5yvm50r/9/
HTML:
<footer>
<section class="left">l</section>
<section class="center">c</section>
<section class="right">r</section>
</footer>
CSS:
footer{
width:100%;
display:flex;
}
footer section{
flex:1;
}